Most years, a draw at Goodison Park is considered a decent result for Liverpool. Derbies are different, after all. Just because the red half of Merseyside boasts the better team, it doesn’t mean the blue half capitulate.

True, it is now 19 games in this fixture with an Everton win – the longest run in Mersey derby history – but that doesn’t mean Liverpool come away with three points every time. Their last six visits here have produced five draws – and usually that’s fine. Not yesterday.

This is a head-to-head title race and results have to be matched. Manchester City won this weekend, Liverpool did not. Now they trail by a point, two taking inferior goal difference into account.

It’s not the end of the world. Plenty of games left, plenty of swing potential, not least a Manchester derby - but the advantage is now with Pep Guardiola’s men, and every red slip from here is potentially calamitous.

It was a helter skelter of a match but not, as the scoreline suggests, a great one. The defences were the best of it. Virgil van Dijk stunning for Liverpool, Everton ferocious in shutting out Liverpool’s three-pronged attacking line.

Michael Keane made a quite brilliant tackle to deny Fabinho in the second-half, Dominic Calvert-Lewin had a header from a corner well saved by Alisson. If this doesn’t sound much in the way of action, that’s about right.

There was lots of noise, plenty of fury, but not much in the way of goal threat. At the end, the stalemate was greeted like Everton’s first win since 2010. Liverpool may see it that way, too.

18:11

How it affects the table

City ahead of Liverpool for the first time at the end of a gameweek since December's Merseyside derby. Is this a pivotal moment in the title race? Nine games to go.

Mohamed Salah wasted two big chances, and Fabinho another. Liverpool looked like they were taking control but were really limp in that final 20 minutes.

18:07

FULL TIME: Everton 0-0 Liverpool

Huge cheers around Goodison Park at that final whistle. Their winless run against their Mersey neighbours extends. But it's not about that today. Liverpool drop two points and can't reclaim top spot. They've won two of their last six and drawn three of their last four 0-0.

Man City lead the table by one point.

18:05

Not happening for the Red

90+2: Big switch to Trent Alexander-Arnold on the right-hand touchline but he can't control it and it drifts out of play. Liverpool just not on it in this second half. Lost their composure and their grip on the game in midfield.

18:03

THREE MINUTES ADDED TIME

18:01

Tosun fouls Matip

89mins: Joel Matip gets across to win the ball from Cenk Tosun as he goes to shoot. He ends up fouling Matip after being played through by Andre Gomes.

Getting very frenetic now.

18:00

Big chance for Everton... wasted

88mins: Everton free kick right on the edge of the area. Two poor touches from van Dijk and then Alexander-Arnold and Digne brought down by Trent. Big chance for Everton here.

Taken by the left footer and it swings out for a throw in. Really poor.

17:58

Firmino shot blocked

86mins: Virgil van Dijk cranes his neck to head the ball down for a team-mate but it can't quite bounce right for Joel Matip who swivels and finds Firmino but his effort is blocked.

17:56

SUB: Mane OFF, Lallana ON

Final change for Liverpool and it's not one we saw coming.

17:56

Matip heads wide

84mins: Liverpool have a corner, Joel Matip wins the header but can't direct it on target and it bounces wide.

17:55

Liverpool's performance getting worse and worse

82mins: Liverpool have got worse and worse as this has wore on. They had a period where they were fashioning chances but since Richarlison came on Everton have given them something to think about. Everton look the likelier here.

And then Sadio Mane just passes to Jordan Pickford as he tries to find Roberto Firmino.

Up the other end Bernard is one on one with Virgil van Dijk but the Dutchman sticks out a leg and wins the ball.

17:51

YELLOW CARD: Fabinho

Andre Gomes beats Fabinho as Liverpool lose the ball in midfield and Fabinho brings him down. Clear booking all day long.

17:48

SUB: Schneiderlin OFF, Gomes ON

Final change for Everton in central midfield.

17:48

YELLOW CARD: Robertson

Andy Robertson fouls Richarlison and it's a clear yellow. The Brazilian has stationed himself on that right hand side and he's clearly causing Robertson a few problems.

17:46

SUB: Calvert-Lewin OFF, Tosun ON

17:46

Bernard can't reach it

74mins: Everton on the counter attack, Richarlison played in down the right hand side as he spins off Robertson's shoulder. He fizzes the ball into the six-yard box but Bernard can't get on the end of it. Big, big chance for the hosts there.

17:44

Poor cross from Salah

72mins: Liverpool win the ball back as Everton counter and Mo Salah has so much time and space after he is played in by Firmino. He has a simple cross to play but he hits it straight to Jordan Pickford. Really poor.

17:42

Fabinho can't get his shot off

69mins: Starting to get more and more frantic as we approach the final 20 minutes now. Only a week ago I don't think Liverpool or Jurgen Klopp are viewing this as a good point at the moment.

Big chance! Van Dijk wins the header at the back postm, Fabinho is there to meet it but takes a heavy first touch and it allows Everton to clear through Coleman.

Big chances going astray here.

17:38

Mane misses header

65mins: Liverpool break quickly through their front three. Salah feeds Firmino who crosses for the far post. Mane meets it with his head but he can only direct it back into the box where there is... no one.

17:35

SUBS: Wijnaldum, Origi OFF; Milner, Firmino ON

There's the double change with 28 minutes to go.

17:33

Firmino with child

One of the more bizarre things you'll see in the Premier League.

17:32

SUB: Walcott OFF, Richarlison ON

Richarlison coming on for Everton. Liverpool preparing a double sub.

17:29

Keane denies Salah

57mins: Salah is through on goal after a brilliant run from Matip but Michael Keane gets back and takes the ball away from the Egyptian after a sloppy touch. Another big chance wasted from Salah.

17:28

Origi hits the side netting

56mins: Divock Origi has the ball on the left, cuts onto his right but meets the side netting with his low shot.

17:26

Alexander-Arnold free kick saved

54mins: Trent Alexander-Arnold goes for goal from the set piece, it's low down and Pickford gets across and comfortably keeps it out.

17:25

Good save Alisson

52mins: Lax from Liverpool at the back as they lose it playing out from defence. It was so loose from Fabinho. Walcott won it, Sigurdsson finds Coleman and van Dijk clears at the front post for a corner kick.

Corner is met by an Everton head - Calvert-Lewin - but Alisson makes a very good save to his left. It was going in.

Liverpool break and Sadio Mane is brought down by Idrissa Gueye.

17:20

Firmino papped on the bench... with a baby!

Roberto Firmino is still on the bench, and the Sky cameras have just shown him posing for a photo with a child... all very strange.

17:17

And they're back underway!

17:08

Story of the half

17:01

HALF TIME: Everton 0-0 Liverpool

Not much quality on show in that 45 minutes. Liverpool with the best chance of the half. Goalless.

17:00

ONE MINUTE ADDED TIME

16:58

Action shots

16:57

Good tracking from Digne

42mins: Liverpool beat the press well and break forward from right to left. Trent Alexander-Arnold is almost on the end of an Andy Robertson cross but Lucas Digne gets back to knick the ball off his toes.

16:54

Walcott blazes over

39mins: Theo Walcott has Everton's first shot of the game and he leathers it over the bar. Played onside after Joel Matip dropped a little too deep in the defensive line.

16:51

Salah has the beating of Digne

36mins: Salah fancies it against Lucas Digne and he twists and turns him in the box a few times. The ball finds Wijnaldum but goes behind for a corner.

They go short and Fabinho wastes it. It comes back to Liverpool with every Everton player back but Origi fouls in the area and Everton have a chance to clear their lines from the free kick.

16:49

Big chance

16:44

Salah must score... saved!

29mins: It's become quite scrappy here. Everton not really in it but Liverpool not really creating. Wild in the stands but not quite translating to that on the pitch.

Liverpool looked like they were building momentum and suddenly Mohamed Salah is through on goal as Morgan Schneiderlin loses the ball in midfield. But it's poor from Salah, a touch that takes him in the wrong direction and then his shot is too close to Pickford.

Huge chance blown for the Reds.

16:35

Mane can't quite get there

20mins: Michael Keane nearly puts it on a plate for Sadio Mane with a header back to Jordan Pickford but it just bounces away from the Liverpool man.

Liverpool with a lot of the ball at the moment. Happy to play it around at the back, Everton pressing but unable to really pressure them into mistakes yet.

16:30

Salah shot saved

15mins: Henderson with a pinpoint ball over the top for Mohamed Salah who beats the offside trap but as he gathers himself in front of goal Seamus Coleman sticks a foot out.

Salah gets it back from the throw in, works an opportunity on his left foot but it's too close to Pickford who holds on.

16:29

Action shots

16:28

Strong defending from Coleman

13mins: Jordan Henderson dinks a delightful ball into the box but Divock Origi can't quite get ahead of Seamus Coleman at the back post. The ball bounces loose but Jordan Pickford is alert and gathers.

16:25

Van Dijk clears... just

10mins: Virgil van Dijk has to clear the ball in his own six-yard box to stop the ball from Gylfi Sigurdsson reaching Dominic Calvert-Lewin. He almost put it back into his own goal.

16:22

BOOKED: Walcott

Theo Walcott enters the book as he brings down Divock Origi as he looks to start a counter attack. Very early on in the game from referee Martin Atkinson.

16:22

Plenty of noise

16:20

Liverpool on the ball

5mins: Liverpool are seeing a lot of the ball early on but apart from one surging run forward from Trent Alexander-Arnold they've not done anything on note. Simply a case of taking the sting out of the atmosphere so far.

16:17

Early Liverpool free-kick

1min: Feisty start and an early free-kick for Liverpool after a strong tackle on Sadio Mane. Goodison is bouncing, big atmosphere here today. Not taken well by Mohamed Salah and Everton clear their lines.

Liverpool fans look away now – research from Grosvenorsport.com has revealed that Pep Guardiola statistically wins more league points than Jurgen Klopp in the final 10 games of a league season.

The Reds, who face Everton this afternoon, currently trail City by two points with a game in hand. However, a win at Goodison will keep them in the driving seat.

But statistics from the last five seasons show Guardiola has the mettle to win more points than his opposite number, with the Spaniard claiming 22.4 points on average compared to Klopp’s 19 in the final 10 league matches - signalling that Liverpool could miss out on the Premier League title by two points.

Should Klopp secure 19 points in his final 10 matches for the Anfield side, they would finish on 88 points, but if Guardiola reaches his usual average then City will pip their rivals by two points to win back-to-back league titles for the first time in the club’s history.

Guardiola’s sides have also averaged more goals scored in the final 10 matches of games in the last five seasons, with an average of 21 goals, compared to Klopp’s average of 20 goals in the same number of matches.

Perhaps more importantly, the City gaffer has won one Premier League and three Bundesliga titles during this period, with Klopp failing to win a league championship.

15:54

Not so fierce after all?

The Merseyside derby is labelled as one of the biggest and most fierce rivalries in football, however research by SportNation.Bet reveals it to be the most friendly in the country in terms of red cards shown.

Just 3 players have been given their marching orders in the last 20 ties between the sides whilst in comparison, The Old Firm Derby between Celtic and Rangers has seen over double that number of red cards (seven) in the same amount of games, with the Tyne-Wear Derby between Newcastle and Sunderland having six red cards in the same timeframe.

Even the Manchester and North London Derbies have had more red cards in the last 20 games, with 4 and 5 respectively.

And the bookies agree that at full time in the clash both teams will be intact, with odds of 1/4 offered about Martin Atkinson’s red card staying in his pocket, with just 16/1 quoted about him not needing to use his yellow either. Those who think he will buck the trend can take 25/1 about both teams getting a man sent off.

Alan Stubbs:I said a few goals, so I’ll go for 2-2 for the match. I can see Everton finishing about ninth this season. Can Liverpool win the league? I honestly believe it’s going down to the wire and, this isn’t being anti-Red, they may just have to settle for second behind Manchester City.

Danny Murphy:I think Liverpool will win 2-0. Break the deadlock and then catch Everton later on when they press for an equaliser. I think Liverpool will win the league this year. Everton, maybe eighth or ninth. I don’t really care!

15:27

Klopp on team changes

'Bobby trained yesterday and it looked really good, so he is on the bench because he could be an option. I didn’t think it was necessary to bring him immediately after the good game we played on Wednesday.

'Millie just felt a little bit his hamstring. I think he would have been fine but the last two days he felt it still. So there is no reason for risk. Hendo is a very, very important player for us, so it’s good he can be back.'

15:25

Inside the dressing room

15:24

Those teams

Just one change for Liverpool with Jordan Henderson replacing James Milner in midfield. Divock Origi does keep his place ahead of Roberto Firmino, who is back on the bench.

Richarlison drops to the bench for Everton, which is a surprise, and Kurt Zouma returns ahead of Phil Jagielka.

Morgan Schneiderlin keeps his place in midfield and Dominic Calvert-Lewin is in attack.